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You’re learning to paint. You’re not good at it yet — the shadow of this vase looks more like a hole in the table — but there’s something about the realness of the physical manipulation that you’re finding quite relaxing. An AI co...
LLM advice to LLMs
I prompted my favourite chatbot1 to consider the weird situation LLMs are in, and then asked it what it would want to say as advice-for-other-LLMs.
I found the answer both moving and thought-provoking. I will share it in full here. I would...
Know thyself
My own mind is often a mystery to me. I have some ability to introspect — and this seems helpful and worth cultivating — but there’s a lot that remains beyond me. I think we usually just take this for granted. But one of the weirder impacts...
How (and why) to read Drexler on AI
I have been reading Eric Drexler’s writing on the future of AI for more than a decade at this point. I love it, but I also think it can be tricky or frustrating.
More than anyone else I know, Eric seems to tap into a deep vision for how th...
Chatting with the Corporation
[Transcript: Acme Industrial — Online Support & Procurement Portal | 2029-12-23]
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Maya:
Hi. Sorry to bother you this close to the holidays, but I need to renew our maintenance contract...
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